Being a minister for 30 years has taken the Rev. David Starbuck Gregory to churches in Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York.

Now, he heads west to Tiburon as the newest minister for the Community Congregational Church.

Gregory gives his first sermons at the church’s 7:30 a.m. contemplative service and 10 a.m. celebratory service on March 4.

An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, Gregory concludes his position as interim senior minister at the Scarsdale Congregational Church UCC in Scarsdale, New York, and moves this month to the area with his husband, Tripp Hanson. He takes over for the Rev. Irene Laudeman, who served as interim minister since last September.

The Ohio native received a bachelor of arts in liberal arts and theology from Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, followed by a master of arts from the Denver Baptist Theological Seminary.

He later received a letter of master of divinity equivalency from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York. Other accolades include receiving training in mediation skills at the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center in Lombard, Illinois, and a certificate as a trained spiritual director from the Linwood Spiritual Center in Rhinebeck, New York.

Throughout his last several years in New York, he worked as a spiritual director out of his home, taught contemplative spirituality at the Riverside Church and led daylong retreats for various churches.

Beyond his role as a minister, he is an accomplished singer. In 2005, he was a part of a 75-voice choir-in-residence at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, and over the years has been a part of choral groups and ensembles, as well as performed solo.